Passenger-car.



H. HUWSN.

PASSENGER CAR.

APPLGATIoN FILED MAY 15, 1908.

Patented Apr. 6, i909.

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E. HOWSON.

I yPASSIJGHR GAR.' VAPPLICATION FILED MAY 15., 190e.

Patented Apr, 6, 1909.

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l ',1 fwmfw- `life' H. HOWSON.

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APPLIoATIoiv ULEB MAY 15, 190s.v

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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UNITED STATES. reafhharr HENRY HowsoN, OP PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLvANIn AssIeNoR To 'ren @efBnILIi OOMPANY, OP PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFLPENNSYL- VAN IA certain improvements in Passenger-Cars, of 1 which the iollowlng 1s a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in passenger cars used particularly city and sguburban traffic.

The bbyect of .my invention is to conve-.t the Ordinary type of passenger car' into a car oi the type in which a assenger pays his fare on entering the car. this type of car the lconductor remains at his post .at' the l at e2 rear of the car and collects the fares as the l outward an `passengers enter the car iromtheplatform,

and it is desirable in this class ofl cars that f the conductor control the exit door leading from the body of the car at the 'rear end thereof, if lan exit door is used at the rear end; the door at theforward end .being usually under the control of the Inotorman.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a sectional plan view o'a car made .in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional view on the line 2-2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 1 g Fig., 4, is asectional planview similar to Fig. 1, showing the doors thrown back and the rail shifted; Fig.

5, is a perspective view showing the handle oi the ingress door; Fig. 6,y is a view showing a detail of the lock;'and Figs. 7 8 and 9, are

Iviews showing modiiiedjorms oi my invensaffton.

` usual vestibule framing D.

C is the bodyof the car having sides c, c2, corner 'postsU and a platform D oien at each side cl-,gd2 and closed in front y the The floor c of the body of the carin the present instance is on a level above the ilgor d 'of the' platform and the floor. chas an extension c3 which projectsover the floor of Atheplat'form in the present instance. rl`he reason ior forming this extension will be described hereafter.

B is a center post midway between the two corner posts C', in they present instance, and between this post and one corner post isa doorway lb.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, A is the door hung ataj to the center post B and is arranged to swing into the car as indicated by the arrow. The doorway b is the ingress doorway .leading from the Aplatform into the body' of the car.

l Speccaton of Letters Patent. Application-tiled May 15, 1968. 'Serial No. 433,067.

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E is an oiset partition at the corne cf at the side cfof the car. f The offset partition E and the framing" between fthe' parti- .the b ody of the car andthis partition ferteiilsiat l right angles from the center post B'to fa post from the body oi' the car. The 'parier c ofthe 'f partition E is preferably iXed and the up er y .l portion of the, panel may be `provided wit n.'

sash, it' desired. In the other portion oi the partition, as shown in Fig. 1, is' a doorwayv e and hung in the doorway is a `door E vhinged in the against Vthe panel e, vas 1n-L dicated by the arrow, Fig. 1. y l v In the side c .of the body portion oi the car and extending from the corner postsv C to the post c4-is a doorway i entirely open;fandthe space b between the center post B 'and the side cis also open, so that the space inclosed by the partition E In the oo'rner'oi the #body portion of the' car is open tothe platornrlalndin fact forms a continuatio'of the platterin although the iloor is on a higher -fle'velii step h may be'iormed in the doorway i or the. level of the floor may be extended to the outer edge of the. car body. This would depend considerably upon the'constructionfei the c ar to be converted from the ordinary 'passenger car Into a' pay-as-you-enteicar.

Indesigning a car or' this type it is preterable to arrange it so that a step canbe formed in the oorway i and, 1n.spme.1n.

stances, two steps can be formed at thi',

point, both Within the lines of the car. the present instance l have shown the lower step pivoted as illustrated in Fig. 2; `the step h. being pivoted at h2 to the bracket atfthe side of the car and this pivoted step'iscon-f.

nected to the vertical-pivot e2 of the door- E In the 'present instance this connection the pivot rod c2 and on a'shaft h3 is a baile gear e which meshes with the wheels?, and.: on the otherend or' the shaft h3 is a bevel *ff .passengers'the step is autornatically,loiifieredt,A

(present instance so asA to swing and whenthe'door is closed the lsteplvis rzrtised'A so as not toprojeohbeyond theliney oi1` the carbody.-y r. n i ln order to `prevent passengers entering.

the body 'of the car, except/,through the do??? i 10 inclosed by the partition E' forms, in fact, an

25 edgeof the door A and exten through a slot guard in the form of a rail curved as shown so as to prolatform D, and the projecting v pOrtIon c3 of t e floor c is curved to conform,

5 1n the present instance, with the curve of the V rail. In place of the rail other forms of l guards may be used; The space b between the center post Band the corner post C is open so that the space way b', I provide a F, preferably )ect over the extensionof the platform, although the ioor 1 of this extension l1s on a higher level than the l floor of the platform. 'I he conductor stands on this floor and he can see clearly through 1.5 the body of the car, as well as lreceive the l lfares of persons passing along the rail from the side d ofthe latform to the ingress do`orway b, he is in c ose proximity to the, step at "the side d of the platform and has control of the entire platform. i

, In order to have the door A closing the ingrass doorway under the control of the conuctor, I preferably -rovide a handle al', which may be securefi)rigidl Y at the pivot je54 in the partition E, and the end of the handle may be suitably shaped to be grasped biy the conductor so that he can o en and c ose the door by simply movin t at portion of the handle a" projecting t rough the 4 partition. I

v When the door is o en,

the handle is in the orward position and in this position it can be lockedby any suitable form of latch, as shown at k. This latch is of special advantage at theforward end of the as shown in Fig. 4,

-car through the doorway b, opening'the door car when the regulations require that the exit must be made from the,y car either at the for- Ward or at the rear endthereof.

When the platform is at the forward end of the car the door E is preferably 'locked so that the exit will be through the doorway B. In

some instances the entire rail F` may be fixed permanently in position, but I ma niake'the 45.1ail, as illustrated in Figs. 1 an 4, in two partsf and f', the partf being fixed and supported by the corner postC and by a post f2,

while'a section f may telescope into the sectionf byrsimply uncoupling 1t at the socket 60 f3 and turning it a half turn, and then slidingr it intothe 4section F, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

I may provide-a folding seat N pivoted at n to the panel e of the partition E, and this seat may be supCported folding brackets or feet, as desire i. il

-' It will be understood that when the platform is at the forward end of the car the side d of the platform is closed, as well as the doorway t," referably by theordinary form of collapsibfa guard. The guard on the oposite slde d of the car may be open or may be so arranged as to be under the control of the motormanand doors maybe substituted for the guards at the side of the platform to 66 close the passageway i if desired.

I preferably connect the handle a with the lock m so that the conductor can lock the inthe parts in the manner shown in Figs. 5

and 6.

' In the lock m in the present instance is a spring latch bolt m actuated bya lever m2 connected by a rod m3 to the arm awhichis pivoted to a bracket of* secured to the pivot side of the door. If the door is closed,'as in Fig. Land the conductor wishes to revent a passenger entering the car, he sinn) y pushes upon the handle a', holding the bolt m in its keeper. To open the door, the conductor simply pulls the handle, the bolt is immediately withdrawn and the door is opened. The door can be held in its o en position by the latch c, thus the door is completely under the control of the conductor.

When the platform isat the rear of the car,- the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the rail separating the ingress section from the egress section of the platform. The doorsA and E are normally closed so as to entirely inclose the rear end of the car; the conductor being'located in the s ace formed by the partition E and the rail Passengers entering the car from the side d of the platform pass around the rail F and pay their fares to the conductor, and then pass into the in their passage. l0

If a person should try to pass the conductor before paying his fare, the handle of the door a is within easy reach and the conductor can prevent the opening ofthe door by a pas senger before the fare is paid by simply holdl0" ing the handle t" causing the lock on the door to enter the keeper and by simply 'moving the handle in the opposite direction the bolt of the lock is immediately withdrawn and the door can be opened either by the 4conductor or by the person entering the car.

If any one Wishes to pass out by the rear exit passageway then the door E can be pushed outward and the assenger. can alight from the carthrough the passageway t, as the moment the door .is opened the fold ing step, when used, is moved to its extended position so thatthe passenger can readily step oi the car and the conductor may hold the door E open until the assenger is clear of the car.l When-the plat orm is at the forward end of the car, the door A can be moved to the positiinshown in Fig. 4 and locked in this position by a latch K, or other Y fastening, so as to leave a clear open pasv sageway, if desired, from the carto the latform. The passenger may then alight from the car at the side d2 of the latfor1ntl1e:l guard or door being lpreferably under the control of the motorman. The sides d of socket `)mand-turned ahalf turn and assed into the xed section the curve of t e two 4 sections being such asto allow of this adjustment. Then the 4seat N may be raised so as to increase the seating capacity of the car.

` -If the exit from the car is to beat the forward .end only,"th en the s ace formed by the partition' E and the guar F maybe reserved or the conductor only andthe exit passage-4 way 'z dispensedA with, and the space may be` made smaller'than shown and the rail F may be curved as shown, or `straight asl desired. i Fig. 7 illustrates a'modification'in which g 'the space inclosed by the partition is reduced l1n size and the exit passageway 'i dispensed with.

Figs. 8 and 9 show other modifications, each using a sliding' door A! and the post B is shifted to one side of the center. v The modifications shown in Figs. 8 and 9 increase f the seating-capacity of the car and the connctor is close to the boarding side of the car.

I claim: 1 The combination in a passenger car., of a body portion, a platform, a transverse parti-4 tion having adoorway at one side and an offset portion at the opposite side, the space inclosed by said offset portion being open to the v platform, and a guard separating said space fromthe platform.

The combination ina passenger car, of a body portion, a platform,a transverse partition separa-ting the platform from the body and havin an offset portion extending into 'the car bo y, the space inclosed by the offset' portion of the partition`being open to the platform, the floor ofthe oar bod and of the offset portionl being above' the evel of the floor ofthe platform. i

3. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the-platform from the body portion and havin an offset portion at that side ofthe car at W 'eh passengers board the '5G-car and having a doorway at the opposite side, .th'e space inclosed by the offset portion of the partition being open to the platform, andga guard separating the said space .from the platform.

4. The combination in apassenger cai', of a body portion, corner posts and a center ost at one end of the body portion, Aa plat orin extending beyond the body portion, a door- ?1 way-formed between one corner post and the Y-.c'e iiteiI ost, a guard closing the space between t e center post and the other corner post, a partition in the cornerof the body portion of the car and extending'frorn the center post, a doorway in the partition, a

p door mounted in the'said doorway and a pas- I sageway at the side of the car forming an exit o enmg communicating with the space in- -c osed by the partition. f v

5.v The combination in the body of a car, of a corner post and a center post at one end of the car body,an exit opening at one side of the car body adjacent to one of the corner posts, a platform beyond the cai' body, a guardrail extending from the corner post adl jacent to the exit opening to the center post anddividing the ingress from the egress passageways, a doorway between the center post and the other corner post, a door mounted in lthe said doorway and arranged to swing in Wardly, a partition one corner of the body portion of the car and viiiclosing the egress passageway, a doorway in said partition, aV vdoor mounted in the said doorway and arranged to swing outwardly.

Y 6. The combination in a passenger oar, of 85 a body portion, a corner' o'st and a :center 4post at the end of the bo y portion, a platform beyond the body portion, an exit passageway at the side of the car'adjacent to one corner post, said corner post dividingoo the ingress from the egress passageway at the side of the car, a doorway at the opposite 'Vside of the car between the center postand the corner post, a door closing the said doorway, a partition extending from the center post at right angles to the side of the car eyond the exit passageway, a door insaio partition, a portion of the floor of the car extending beyond the end of the said vbody portion and over the floor of the car, a rail separating the ingress from the egress sec-` tion, said rail projecting from the end of the body portion over a portion of the platform so as to increase the area of the space occupied by the conductor. i

7. 'lhe combination in a passenger car, of

a body portion, a platform beyond the body portion, a transverse partition separating the platform' from the body portion, an

ingress doorway on one side of the'partition, 110

a partition in the corner of the body portion adjacent to said transverse partition, an exit doorway therein, an exit passageway in the side of -the body ortion o'f the car, a lguard separating the ingress section of the platform from the egress extension ofthe platform within the body of the car, the floor of the extensionbeing on a level with the floor of the body of the car and above the fioor of the platform.

8. The combination in a. car ofthe type desc-ribecb'of a body portion, corner posts and a center post at the end of the'body portion, a platform beyond the said end, the floor of the platform being below the floor of the body portion, a right angled partition within the body portion and at one corner lthereof extending from the center post to the vfirst post at the side ofthe'body of the car from the corner post,` an exit passageway between said posts and communicating with the space within the partition, an ingress doorway between the center post and the corner post at the opposite side of the car, a door hung on the center post and arranged to swing into the body ofthe car.

9. 'l he combination in a passenger car, ol' a` body portion, ya platform, transverse partition separating the body portion from the platform, a guard rail inelosing the space occupied by the conductor and lnade in sec tions, one section telescoping into the other.

10. The combination4 in a passenger' ear, ol' a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the body portion'l'ronr the platform, a curved guard rail made in sections, one section being lixed and the other movable so that on turning said movable section it can telescope into the {iXed section.- Y

11. The combination in a passenger' oar, of a slotted partition, a door hung at the partition and an operating handle attached to the door at its pivot edge and extending through the slot in the partition.

l 12. rlhe combination in a passenger oar of a slotted partition, an operating handle pivoted to the door at its pivot edge, a lock at the opposite edge of the door, and a connection between the lock and the handle.

13. 'Ille combination in a passenger car, ol a body portion, a platform, a transverse oii'set partition, a doorway therein, a door, a pivot rod upon which the door is hung, an exit opening, a pivot-ed step below said opening and gearing between said pivot rod and MUR-RAYO. BOYER, WM. A. BARR. 

